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Beyond the beach: Goa’s bet on an AI identity of is own

In May, startup founders, designers and remote workers opened their laptops in the beach shacks of Baga, between sessions on AI and robotics and breaks for water sports. It was called the Goa Shackathon, and it could easily be mistaken for a tourism stunt. Five months later, the same state government released a three-year AI policy. Rohan Khaunte, who holds both the tourism and the IT portfolios, sees the two events as one argument.

The Goa AI Policy 2026 was unveiled on 22 October at the state’s first AI Tech Conclave, held under the theme “AI for People, Planet and Progress.” Aligned with the Goa AI Mission 2027, it sets a three-year roadmap for 2026–29 to make Goa “India’s responsible AI and Applied Innovation hub,” with the stated aims of empowering citizens, modernising public governance, preserving local heritage and driving high-value economic growth. Its headline target is to certify...

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PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet

On Wednesday, a decades-old open-source web technology called PHP almost broke the internet, thanks to two vulnerabilities that had sat dormant for years until researchers recently figured out a way to exploit them. The bugs are dubbed PHP2Shell, officially designated as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. In simple terms, the bugs allow

What Is Theater Mode On Your Apple Watch And When Should You Use It?

The easiest way to stop your watch from distracting you at the movies. Hadrian/Shutterstock Apple Watches do a lot more than tell the time, granting their wearers many of the iPhone's perks in addition to a suite of biometric data. However, they also possess an assortment of

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LG’s brilliant C6 OLED TV is already $400 off ahead of Black Friday

Black Friday is still over a month away, but if you’re hoping to upgrade your TV, you don’t need to wait until November. LG has already kicked off its early Black Friday sale, letting you save on the LG C6 and various soundbars through November 1st. Right now,

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Fielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk

Lindsay Powell, who releases records under the name Fielded, has spent most of her career subverting expectations and genre conventions. According to their Bandcamp page, Fielded started as an experimental noise project before growing into something closer to R&B. But from moment one, her take on the genre

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PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet

What Is Theater Mode On Your Apple Watch And When Should You Use It?

LG’s brilliant C6 OLED TV is already $400 off ahead of Black Friday

Fielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk